Waiting for reviewFinal eCandidate #1733 · from the Puritas diff · puritas-full-2026-10-19

oxeox

A final e dropped: selfe → self, beene → been, hee → he.

Puritas changed it: 3,399 times in 1,128 works
Consistency: 99.7% (3,399 of 3,406)
Reach if approved: ~3,580 places (estimated)
MorphAdorner: Agrees: ox
Matches: Exact word, any case
In our text: 3,407 times in the 7,099 works compared
Other readings: None
Taken into joins: None

If approved, its rationale reads: “Suggested by the Puritas diff (3,399 changes in 1,128 works, 99.7% consistent).”

Where Puritas made the change (8 of 3,399)

Our text, as printed and with the candidate applied

Printed
But I was like a Lambe, or an OxeOx that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had deuised …
With rule
But I was like a Lambe, or an OxeOx that is brought to the slaughter; and I knew not that they had deuised …
Daniel Featley · The Handmaid to Private Devotion · p. 334 · Open in the reader
Printed
… any member of an other, the head of a man, the foote of an oxeox. But the nature of Christ is the divine nature, pure, and holy, fre… from …
With rule
… any member of an other, the head of a man, the foote of an oxeox. But the nature of Christ is the divine nature, pure, and holy, fre… from …
Phineas Fletcher · The Way to Blessedness · p. 242 · Open in the reader
Printed
… a fatte OxeOx, and giue him in a paper writen, this is a fat OxeOx, &c. is not worth one Goates heare. Christ offered but one Sacrifice propitiatorie, and …
With rule
… a fatte OxeOx, and giue him in a paper writen, this is a fat OxeOx, &c. is not worth one Goates heare. Christ offered but one Sacrifice propitiatorie, and …
William Fulke · Rejoinder to Bristows Reply · p. 585 · Open in the reader
Printed
… infynyte ſacrifices. Vnto whō God ſaith dy Eſaiah: he y^t offereth vnto me an OxeOx is lyke hym that ſtayeth a mā, and he that kylleth a beaſte as …
With rule
… infynyte ſacrifices. Vnto whō God ſaith dy Eſaiah: he y^t offereth vnto me an OxeOx is lyke hym that ſtayeth a mā, and he that kylleth a beaſte as …
Anthony Gilby · Commentary Upon Micah · Open in the reader
Printed
… it is ſaid of praiſing God, that it pleaſeth the Lord better then an oxeox or bullocke, (Pſal. 69▪ 30, 31.) yet were thoſe ordained for ſolemne ſacrifices under the Law. Praiſe …
With rule
… it is ſaid of praiſing God, that it pleaſeth the Lord better then an oxeox or bullocke, (Pſal. 69▪ 30, 31.) yet were thoſe ordained for ſolemne ſacrifices under the Law. Praiſe …
William Gouge · The Saints Sacrifice · p. 173 · Open in the reader
Printed
… third, a Shéepe: the fourth, a Ramme: the fift, a Calfe: the ſixt, an OxeOx: the ſeuenth, a Child: he was faced like a Calfe, imitating the idolatry of …
With rule
… third, a Shéepe: the fourth, a Ramme: the fift, a Calfe: the ſixt, an OxeOx: the ſeuenth, a Child: he was faced like a Calfe, imitating the idolatry of …
Henry Greenwood · Works · p. 7 · Open in the reader
Printed
… shall be required at our handes, and of this vice complayneth Isaiab, 1. 3. that the oxeox & the asse were taught to know their masters, but his people did not know …
With rule
… shall be required at our handes, and of this vice complayneth Isaiab, 1. 3. that the oxeox & the asse were taught to know their masters, but his people did not know …
William Guild · A Young Mans Inquisition · p. 97 · Open in the reader
Printed
Kinge Hughe euen as an OxeOx to death, for thy desire is brought,
With rule
Kinge Hughe euen as an OxeOx to death, for thy desire is brought,
John Bale · The Pageant of Popes · Open in the reader

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Places Puritas left as printed: likely exceptions (7)

6 of them are in works where Puritas changed it elsewhere, so their places are known; 1 more are in works where it never changed. Each is our text, as the rule would change it.

Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs A11649

Printed
… he is not bound to …y, (by th…) for it is said, HIS NEIGHBOVRS OXEOX. Maimony, in Dammages, chap. 8. Sect. 1. the dead] the Chaldee paraphraseth, the price of the …
With rule
… he is not bound to …y, (by th…) for it is said, HIS NEIGHBOVRS OXEOX. Maimony, in Dammages, chap. 8. Sect. 1. the dead] the Chaldee paraphraseth, the price of the …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 84 · Open in the reader
Printed
… Gifts are due of none but cleane beasts onely, as it is said, WHETHER OXEOX OR SHEEPE, &c. whether it bee killed for mans meat, or for to feed …
With rule
… Gifts are due of none but cleane beasts onely, as it is said, WHETHER OXEOX OR SHEEPE, &c. whether it bee killed for mans meat, or for to feed …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 69 · Open in the reader
Printed
… worke with a man and a beast together: for the Law saith, WITH AN OXEOX AND AN ASSE; it saith not, with a man and an asse, or with …
With rule
… worke with a man and a beast together: for the Law saith, WITH AN OXEOX AND AN ASSE; it saith not, with a man and an asse, or with …
Henry Ainsworth · Annotations on the Pentateuch, Psalms, Song of Songs · p. 93 · Open in the reader

A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures A19692

Printed
Chap. 1 OXeOx, 3. No ſoundnes, 6. Small remnant, 9. Sacrifices hated, 11. Waſh, 16. Iudgments, Verſ. 20.28.
With rule
Chap. 1 OXeOx, 3. No ſoundnes, 6. Small remnant, 9. Sacrifices hated, 11. Waſh, 16. Iudgments, Verſ. 20.28.
Ezekiel Culverwell · A Ready Way to Remember the Scriptures · p. 49 · Open in the reader

Sermons on Job A69056

Printed
…. 3 THe OXeOx knoweth his owner, and the Aſſe his maiſters …rib, but Iſraell▪ hath not knowen …
With rule
…. 3 THe OXeOx knoweth his owner, and the Aſſe his maiſters …rib, but Iſraell▪ hath not knowen …
John Calvin · Sermons on Job · Open in the reader

Against the Illegal New Tax A91168

Printed
… covet thy Neighbours WIFE, nor his Man-ſervant, nor his Maid-ſervant, nor his OXEOX, nor his ASSE, NOR ANY THING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOURS) hath been obſerved by …
With rule
… covet thy Neighbours WIFE, nor his Man-ſervant, nor his Maid-ſervant, nor his OXEOX, nor his ASSE, NOR ANY THING THAT IS THY NEIGHBOURS) hath been obſerved by …
William Prynne · Against the Illegal New Tax · p. 5 · Open in the reader